Canada has said it will issue a passport to Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy, who remains in Egypt on bail while awaiting trial for aiding a "terrorist organisation". Fahmy, who was born in Egypt and is a naturalised Canadian citizen, was freed from jail in February. His original...
More than 114,000 people have fled fighting over the past two weeks in the Ramadi area of Iraq's Anbar province, the United Nations said Tuesday, expressing concern over the mounting problems faced by the displaced. The UN refugee agency said of the total number, about 8,000 remained in the...
The Islamic State jihadist group claimed to have executed 11 pro-government fighters in Iraq, in a series of photographs shared online on Tuesday. The first picture shows masked men armed with assault rifles marching a line of orange jumpsuit-clad prisoners across a field. The captives...
(Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced ousted President Mohamed Mursi to 20 years in prison without parole on Tuesday for the killing of protesters in December 2012, in a decision broadcast on state television. It was the first ruling against Muslim Brotherhood leader Mursi since the...
(Reuters) - Iran is charging Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian with four crimes, including espionage, the newspaper said on Monday in a report offering the first details about the exact charges against him. Rezaian, the Post's bureau chief in Tehran, was detained last year in...
The prosecution's evidence in a trial this month of 51 alleged Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Egypt relied on the testimony of one police officer, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday. HRW said the prosecution had presented little evidence to show the defendants did anything...
An Iraqi Shi'ite militia group said on Sunday it had conducted DNA tests to prove the death of Ezzat al-Douri, former right-hand man to the late president Saddam Hussein, who after the 2003 U.S. invasion was ranked by Washington as the sixth most-wanted Iraqi. The Kataib Hizbollah group...
A video purportedly made by Islamic State and posted on social media sites on Sunday appeared to show militants shooting and beheading about 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya . Reuters was not able to verify the authenticity of the video but the killings resemble past violence...
(Reuters) - The leader of Yemen's Iranian-allied Houthi militia accused Saudi Arabia on Sunday of plotting to seize the country, in a fiery speech suggesting he was in no mood to compromise despite more than three weeks of Saudi-led bombing. Saudi Arabia's goal is "the...
Iran 's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told military commanders on Sunday the United States had created the "myth" of nuclear weapons to portray Iran as a threat, hardening his rhetoric before nuclear negotiations resume this week. Khamenei, the highest authority...
Thirteen people, including five Iraqi police officers, were killed and 38 others injured in separate violent incidents in Iraq, security officials said Saturday. Blasts occurred in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and in the province of Diyala on Saturday. According to Baghdad...
The Egyptian army said Saturday that it had destroyed 69 entry points to underground tunnels in the Sinai Peninsula on the border with the Gaza Strip. Army spokesman Mohamed Samir said on Facebook that border patrol troops in Sinai had destroyed 69 entry points to underground tunnels on...
Turkey will grant $200 million for reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and Palestine’s sustainable development in the span of two years, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Friday. According to the Foreign Ministry statement, Turkey will donate $200 million as part of its pledge made at...
From her home in Washington DC, Hanaa Soltan said she felt an overwhelming sense of grief when an Egyptian court condemned her father to death and her U.S-Egyptian brother to life in jail for involvement in the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. Salah and Mohamed Soltan, sentenced on...
(Reuters) - A compromise allowing the U.S. Congress to vote on a nuclear deal with Tehran may prompt Iranian negotiators to drive a harder bargain, but does not drastically weaken President Barack Obama's ability to deliver on a final agreement. For months Obama resisted attempts led by...
(Reuters) - Iraq's prime minister said on Wednesday that the Islamic State remains a fierce adversary as he outlined plans during a trip to Washington to prioritize battles in the refinery city of Baiji and Anbar province, where the militants are striking back. Haidar al-Abadi, speaking...
(Reuters) - Islamic State militants gained ground in western Iraq on Wednesday, overrunning several villages on the edge of the capital of Anbar province, police sources and local officials said. Iraqi police came under attack from the insurgents at dawn in Albu Ghanim and...
(Anadolu Agency)- Hundreds of families are under siege in the Iraqi city of Ramadi after Daesh seized control of the Albu Ghanim area on Wednesday, a security source said. Iraqi forces and tribal fighters withdrew from Albu Ghanim area after fierce clashes with Daesh, Brigader Khalaf...
(Reporting by Mohamed al-Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Top commander of an Iraqi Yazidi militia said Monday he dissociated his militia from fighting alongside with Iraqi Kurdish and Shiite militias, a statement comes hours after his release from detention by...
(Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and President Barack Obama will discuss the fight against Islamic State on Tuesday at a White House meeting likely to be dominated by Iraqi requests for U.S. arms and tension over Iran's role on the battlefield. In his first U.S....
